Good morning, everybody.
We will get started at 11:00.
Cameras on. Mics muted.
Today’s
agenda:
1.
Discuss paragraph work-
Grabber-
I would like to see you using grabbers at the beginning
of your paragraphs.
Intro sentence- attention getter
1. short anecdote
2. history
3. fact or statistic
4. question
5. saying
6.quotation
7.general to specific, funnel
Descriptive paragraph – girl or river
river
When
I was a kid, I loved spending time by the water, whether it was the ocean, a
lake, or a river. This is beautiful picture of a river valley.
Do
you enjoy spending time by the water? This is a photograph of a beautiful
river which you might want to visit. The sky is a light blue with thin wispy clouds
floating by.
Topic sentence – gives the topic, your perspective, your focus
woman
The outer appearance
of people can reveal their inside. This is a photograph of a very beautiful and
elegant looking woman. Her dark curly hair is covered with a scarf. Her eyes
are
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
For next paragraph, I want you to make sure you begin
with a grabber.
I didn’t teach you about grabbers?
* run-on sentences-
You really have to watch out for these. This is a
challenge. You can figure them out.
She has big brown eyes they are very soulful. RO
She has big brown eyes. They are very soulful. SIMPLE
She has big brown eyes, and they are very soulful.
COMPOUND
She has big brown eyes which are very soulful.
COMPLEX- adj cl
Her eyes are very soulful because they are big and brown.
COMPLEX- adv cl
soulful – deep and a little sad
soulful singing – feel the emotion
Sentence types: simple compound complex
Put any sentences from your paragraph that you want to
discuss in Chat:
1.
Behind the trees, there are a few mountains, but it
can’t see any plants on it. It looks like a big rock.
Behind the trees, there are a few mountains, but there are no
plants on it. It looks like a big rock.
2.
Her eyes is sparkle as a star in night sky.
Her eyes sparkle like stars in the night sky.
Her eyes are sparkling like stars in the night sky.
3.
There are some woods logs? sticks? floating on
the water because there are lots of trees on the two sides.
4.
She has a beautiful long nose, and thin.
She has a beautiful long
nose, and it is thin.
She has a beautiful long thin nose.
She has a beautiful long nose that is thin.
5.
Beautiful mountains that I think have a little snow on
there. frag
The beautiful mountains have a little bit of snow on them.
6.
There is a turquoise lake surrounded by mountains.
7.
I guess, you can feel that how this Asian girl is
beautiful.
You can feel that how beautiful this Asian girl is.
You can feel how cold it is outside.
You can imagine how hard Math 12 is.
You can tell how much she loves her kids.
8.
Her piercing looks can mesmerize everyone.
piercing eyes – intense look
9.
She is wearing a headscarf, but I can tell she has
long and silky black hair.
10.
There are several white cotton clouds are floating in
the blue sky.
There are several white cotton clouds floating in the blue sky.
Several white cotton clouds are floating in the blue sky.
11.
I go to travel last year. I visit Toronto. I had good
time
I went traveling last year. I visited Toronto. I had a good time.
12.
There are some tree beside the house, and the river
behind the big tree.
There are some trees beside the house, and the river is
behind the big tree.
13.
This picture from our daily, which we see every day in
our loved city "British Columbia ." RW
This picture is something that/which we see every day
in our beloved/lovely province, British Columbia.
14.
The color of the mountains in front is brighter. You
may be wrong to think that the tops of the mountains are covered with snow
The color of the mountains is brighter in front. It appears that
tops of the mountains are covered with snow.
Tomorrow:
-Begin sentence fragment work
-Begin process writing
Idioms:
similes- comparison between two unlike things using ‘like’
or ‘as’
- the two things are different in nature, but we say that
they resemble each other
My son looks like five toothpicks.
My son is as thin as bamboo.
My sister’s son is like a toothpick.
She sleeps like a log.
He looks like a million dollars. He looks great.
-hungry as a bear
-crazy as a loon- funloving, like to have fun, joyful
-happy as a lark-
-cool as a cucumber – relaxed, do not get upset easily
-busy as a beaver/ bee
-quick as a wink -
very quickly “I finished my homework quick as a wink.”
-crazy like a fox – tricky, be careful of this person. They seem
foolish, but actually they are very clever.
Boris Johnson is crazy like a fox.
-nutty as a fruitcake - very fun and funloving
-free as a bird -independent, no worries, single
-poor as a churchmouse – no money, broke
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